Opera Watch Turns 1 Year old

What a year it has been. Starting out with just a few page hits a day to an average of more than 20,000 hits per month now with more than 1,100 RSS subscribers.

Opera Watch was first to break several Opera stories over the past year and has been featured in the press on countless occasions including The Inquirer, CBS Market Watch, Red Herring Magazine, InternetNews.com, Slashdot, Investors Business Daily, Neowin, and more.

I’d be lying if I said that I’m not proud of its success. There is no better reward for me when I see people write comments and link to Opera Watch in their own blogs — I read every comment and generally visit the blogs/sites that link to Opera Watch. Thanks to everyone who has commented on Opera Watch.

It is great being part of this Opera community. I enjoy talking with others in the community, whether it’s on the Opera IRC channel, the Opera forums, or via email. I’ve received countless emails from Opera users seeking advice on how to spread word of the Opera browser in their schools or workplace.

It has been a great year. And so long as Opera gives me what to write about, I’ll be here for many years to come, hopefully.